Cigarette holder with ash catcher attached



June 4, 1957 J. G. PATRY CIGARETTE HOLDER WITH ASH CATCHER ATTACHED Filed Oct. 1'7, 1955 Figp/ Jean 6. Fairy -INVENTOR.

Ha S ates Patefif i CIGARETTE HOLDER WITH ASH CATCHER ATTACHED Jean G. Patry, LAbord a Plouife, Quebec, Canada Application October 17, 1955, Serial No. 540,875

2 Claims. (Cl. 131-175) The present invention relates to a cigarette holder which is characterized by an imperforate shield provided at one end with a mouthpiece, at the other end with an ash holder and which is provided interiorly with a spring pressed follower which gradually presses the cigarette toward the holder as it is burning and thus being consumed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a foraminous screen-type cap which is telescopically and removably fitted on one end of the tubular shield and is provided interiorly with a cruciform member which is fixed in the intermediate part of the cap and serves as a check or stop for the cooperating ignited end of the cigarette and also serves as an anti-snuffing guard and allows the cigarette to burn normally, and at the same time facilitates knocking the ashes oif and holding the same in the cap.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rotatably mounted mouthpiece on the inner or other end of the tubular shield which has a socket member projecting into the bore of the shield provided with diametrically opposite embossments which define cams, these cams being engageable with a spring finger which provides a latch and has a detent to releasably engage convolutions on the follower spring to assist in holding the latter in a retracted manner until the cigarette is lighted and the ash holding cap is applied.

Other objects, features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying sheet of drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a cigarette holder embodying the improvements referred to;

Figure 2 is a sectional view with certain parts in elevation, taken on the plane of the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view similar to Figure 2, and illustrating how the spring pressed follower comes into play after the latch finger has been released;

Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged cross-sections on the lines 44 and 5-5 of Figures 2 and 3, respectively; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the cruciform member by itself.

Referring now to the drawings, the holder includes a tubular open ended shield 8. This is externally screw threaded at one end 10 to accommodate a screw threaded annulus 12 on the outer end of the mouthpiece 14. At this end there is a spring finger 16 having one end portion riveted or otherwise fastened or anchored at 18 in the bore of the shield. This finger is longitudinally bowed toward the center of the bore of the shield and has a nib forming a detent 20. The spring finger is a retaining latch and is engageable with the convolutions of the coil spring 22. On one end of the coil spring there is a follower 24 engageable with the inner end of a cigarette 26. Formed integrally with the outer end of the mouthpiece is a socket member 28 which telescopes into the shield, and as shown in Figures 4 and 5, is provided "ice with diametrically opposite enlargements or embossments 30 functioning as cams.

At the outer end of the tube or shield, a removable ash catcher or collector 32 of suitable foraminous material is provided. Screen wire of appropriate gauge will be suitable, just so long as it provides for aeration and satisfactory combustion for the ignited end of the cigarette and efficiently holds the ashes. The collector comprises a cylindrical screen cap 34 with a closed end 36 spaced from the adjacent end of the shield 8. There is a collar 38 mounted on the other end of the cap and which is fitted frictionally over and suitably retained on the outer end of the shield. On the interior of the shield and fastened thereto is a rubber or equivalent gasket 40 which serves to accommodate the relatively slidable cigarette. The numeral 42 designates a cruciform member the function of which is to serve as a stop and also as a guard which prevents the snuffing of the cigarette. This guard comprises a pair ofcurvate strips 44 and 46 having their intermediate portions riveted together at 48 and having their free ends fastened at 50 to the intermediate portion of the encasing cap. It will be noticed that this cap is concavo-convex in form to accomplish the intended job with requisite efiiciency.

When the cams 343 are in the position shown in Figures 2 and 4, pressure against the latch finger 16 will have been released and therefore the detent 20 will be capable of engaging the convolutions and holding the cigarette projecting spring in a contracted state. The screen cap 32 may be removed, and the cigarette may be inserted by passing it into the shield through the gasket and bringing it to bear against the follower ring 24. The cigarette can then be readily lighted and the screen cap applied, making the holder ready for use. By turning the screw threaded annulus 12 of the head end of the mouthpiece in the proper direction, the cams 30 will swing against the latch finger and release the detent 20 whereupon the finger will be in the unlatched position shown in Figure 3. In the latter position, the spring 22 is free to act on the follower to force the ignited end of the cigarette against the cruciform guard 42. Consequently, the cigarette will remain lighted but the ashes will be crushed and pressed and held in the cap.

Since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A cigarette holder comprising an imperforate open ended tubular shield into which a cigarette is placed for encased smoking, a mouthpiece operatively mounted on one end of said shield, a spring-biased follower operatively housed in said shield, a gasket fixed in the bore of said shield at the other end of the latter, a foraminous ash holding cap fitted removably on the last named end of said shield, and a substantially cruciform member fixed on said cap and serving as a cigarete stop as well as an antisnuffing guard for the lighted end of the cigarette, said mouthpiece being rotatably mounted on said shield and having a socket member extending axially into the bore of the adjacent end portion of said shield, the adjacent end of the cooperating spring fitting into said socket member, said socket member having camshaped embossments providing latch releasing cams, and a resilient latch located in said end portion, fixed at one end to said shield and having a detent at its other end releasably engageable with the convolutions of said spring.

2. A cigarette holder comprising an imperforate open ended tube providing a cigarette receiving and housing shield and into which the cigarette is placed for encased cap means removably mounted on the opposite end of said tube and including an internally arranged -fixed cruciform member functioning as a stop and also as a guard.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,781,553 McClees Nov. 11, 1930 1,858,938 Raftey May 17, 1932 2,580,523 Crone Jan. 1, 1952 2,663,300 Depinto Dec. 22, 1953 

